Mass Deportations: Unfeasible, Expensive And Would Undermine Other Goals – OpEd
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in American history. His appointment of
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Author: Benjamin Powell
Benjamin Powell is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and former President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education. Dr. Powell received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He has been Associate Professor of Economics at Suffolk University, Assistant Professor of Economics at San Jose State University, a Fellow with the Mercatus Center's Global Prosperity Initiative, and a Visiting Research Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research.
Articles by Benjamin Powell :
Cuba’s Real Power Problem Is Socialism – OpEd
Millions of Cubans remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Oscar, but bad weather is not Cuba’s real problem.
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Green Cards For International College Grads Are A Great Deal For Americans – OpEd
On a recent podcast, former president Donald Trump said that if elected, he would give permanent green cards to all international
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Resolving Border Crisis Requires Increasing Legal Migration – OpEd
Given former president Donald Trump’s rhetoric during the Republican primaries, we can expect immigration enforcement on our southern border to
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Trump’s Tariff Talk Proves Bad Economics Can Be Good Politics – OpEd
Former President Donald Trump made increasing tariffs a major focus of his campaign in 2016, and he’s escalating his anti-trade
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